He starts by describing capitalism as a restricted economy with
ideological components [...] [which] causes one to avoid any empirical
evidence to the contrary, because the idea is what is important,
not the empirical material on the ground. [...] A general economy though
does not oppose the ideal with the actual, and consequently impose
the former on the latter. This opens the system to possibilities never
considered in the restricted version due to contingent forces on the
ground.
Restricted economies like capitalism are present-centered. The future can only be based on possibilities inherent to what is present, not some novel challenge. It’s a 'feedback trap' that only narcissistically reinforces itself instead of responding to a changing environment. Interestingly, this is tied to 'awakening' to truth, 'a different consciousness' where time stops in an eternal present (259-61). Which all of course feeds back into a timeless Causal or Ideal [that is] bivalently juxtaposed with the actual or material.
Restricted economies like capitalism are present-centered. The future can only be based on possibilities inherent to what is present, not some novel challenge. It’s a 'feedback trap' that only narcissistically reinforces itself instead of responding to a changing environment. Interestingly, this is tied to 'awakening' to truth, 'a different consciousness' where time stops in an eternal present (259-61). Which all of course feeds back into a timeless Causal or Ideal [that is] bivalently juxtaposed with the actual or material.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.